Success Story: Huili School, Shanghai, part of the Wellington College group
How Team Teach training supported the embedding of a values based behaviour policy in a prestigious international school.
At a glance
- Name: Lana Kulas
- Role: Second Master
- Organisation: Huili School, part of the Wellington College group
- Location: Shanghai, China
About Huili School, Shanghai
Huili School is a bilingual international school based in Shanghai, China. 99% of students at the school are Chinese nationals. They follow both the Chinese National Curriculum and an international curriculum, including the IB programme.
Parental expectations are high as most students go on to study at overseas universities.
“We are destigmatising talking about wellbeing, reminding students that success is about more than just grades.”
The benefits of choosing Team Teach
Staff at Huili School come from a diverse range of backgrounds, including Chinese nationals and expat teachers. Leaders were looking for a framework to complement their existing positive behaviour policy and create a shared understanding of behaviour support in line with Huili values. As Lana explains, “The Team Teach approach reassured us that the values based behaviour policy we had was along the right lines and they fitted seamlessly together.”
Since the pandemic, leaders have also seen an increase in self-regulation difficulties and anxiety in students. The Team Teach approach of behaviour as communication has been embedded to support students at every age and stage. This philosophy has also been shared with parents and carers, to further develop a shared understanding beyond the school gates.
